Beshka
Location
CountryUkraine
OblastKirovohrad
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSokil'nyky
  coordinates48°40′11″N 32°37′57″E / 48.66972°N 32.63250°E / 48.66972; 32.63250
  elevation150 m
MouthInhulets
  coordinates
48°30′37″N 33°09′37″E / 48.51028°N 33.16028°E / 48.51028; 33.16028
Basin size56 km
Basin features
ProgressionInhulets

Beshka (Ukrainian: Бешка) is a river in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. It is a tributary of the Inhulets.[1]

The name of the river comes from Turkish bes or beş, a word meaning "five", or in a religious context, "God given plurality", with the suffix kaja, literally "rock". The town Pyatykhatky has a similar origin in Turkish cultural influence.[2]

It begins near the village of Sokil'nyky, flows to the southeast through the villages of Volodymyrivka, Moshoryne, Svitlopil, the town of Nova Praha and flows into the Inhulets within the village of Novy Starodub.

References

  1. Словник гідронімів України (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. 1979. p. 47.
  2. Лучик, Василь B. (2015-12-31). "Turkisms in the toponymy of Ukraine: historical and etymological aspects". Linguistica (in Ukrainian). 55 (1): 251–262. doi:10.4312/linguistica.55.1.251-262. ISSN 2350-420X.
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